The Fidesz–KDNP Party Alliance (), formerly also known as the Alliance of Hungarian Solidarity (), is a Christian nationalist and far-right electoral alliance, which is composed of the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (Fidesz) and the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP). The electoral alliance adheres to the beliefs and doctrines of the Catholic Church in Hungary, which has a close relationship with the alliance and received significant amounts of money from the erstwhile Fidesz–KDNP government.
The two parties jointly contested every national election since the 2006 Hungarian parliamentary election. The Fidesz–KDNP alliance governed Hungary from 2010 to 2026, altogether obtaining a supermajority in each of the 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 parliamentary elections, before losing in a landslide in 2026. The alliance has been seen as authoritarian, and has increasingly identified itself as illiberal.
History The two parties formed their permanent electoral coalition on 10 December 2005. After the 2006 election, Fidesz and KDNP separately formed parliamentary groups, but they established a caucus alliance in the Hungarian parliament. While Fidesz and KDNP are technically in coalition, many observers consider KDNP to actually be a satellite party of Fidesz, since it has been unable to get into the National Assembly on its own since the 1994 Hungarian parliamentary election, when it barely passed the election threshold of 5% of votes. Without Fidesz, its support cannot be measured, and even a leading Fidesz politician, János Lázár stated in 2011 that Fidesz does not consider the government to be a coalition government.
In March 2021, Fidesz left the European People's Party Group (EPP), while KDNP remained a member. In response to the admission of the Tisza Party to the EPP following the 2024 European Parliament election, the KDNP decided to leave the EPP and its parliamentary group on 18 June 2024. Fidesz formed the Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament, becoming the third largest European Parliament group.
The Romani minority party Lungo Drom also operates alongside Fidesz–KDNP, having maintained a coalition with Fidesz–KDNP and its predecessors since 2001. Its leader, Flórián Farkas, served as a Member of the National Assembly for Fidesz–KDNP until 2022. Lungo Drom has also campaigned alongside Fidesz–KDNP in constituency seats.
Electoral results National Assembly Election Leader SMCs MMCs Seats +/– Status Votes % Place Votes % Place 2006 Viktor Orbán 2,269,241 41.99 2,272,979 43.21 New 2010 2,732,965 53.43 2,706,292 52.73 99 Election Leader Constituency Party list Seats +/– Status Votes % Place Votes % Place 2014 Viktor Orbán 2,165,342 44.11 2,264,780 44.87 130 2018 2,636,201 47.89 2,824,551 49.27 0 2022 2,823,419 52.52 3,060,706 54.13 2 2026 2,215,225 36.72 2,458,337 38.61 83
European Parliament Election List leader Votes % Place Seats +/− EP Group 2009 Pál Schmitt 1,632,309 56.36 New EPP 2014 Ildikó Pelczné Gáll 1,193,991 51.48 2 2019 László Trócsányi 1,824,220 52.56 1 2024 Tamás Deutsch 2,048,211 44.82 2 PfE
See also List of political parties in Hungary
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